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Key Note Session at the 4th Annual Coaching & Mentoring Conference - Europe 2001

29 - 31st October 2001 - The Commonwealth Institute, London

Founding Directors of SyCon, The Sporting Bodymind Group, Christopher Connolly and John Syer will deliver a key note session at the Linkage Coaching and Mentoring Conference.

Keynote Presentation - Day 2 - 13.45 - 15.00

Ensemble Work and Unit Coaching in Organisations

Christopher Connolly and John Syer
SyCon - The Sporting Bodymind Group

Executive coaching has often focussed primarily on one-to-one work particularly when transposed from sport to organisations. People now require coaching which builds powerful working relationships in small work units of pairs, threes or fours. Success is increasingly dependent upon the performance of these small units that are the working components of teams, departments and organisations.

This presentation will focus on successful Ensemble Work and Unit Coaching. It will be illustrated with up-to-date examples from professional and Olympic sport squads, elite musical ensembles and business work units. It will show how building small group effectiveness can optimise individual and corporate performance.

In this session delegates will learn:

• The basic requirements of Unit Coaching and the approaches that differentiate this work from traditional coaching and mentoring.
• How Ensemble Work can sustain output during times of change, help overcome deficits in individual performance and enhance job satisfaction.
• How to build powerful performance networks so that teams can function virtually and sustain positive work environments under pressure.
• How Ensemble Work and Unit Coaching can be a hot house for ideas and innovation in working groups.